John B. Turner was a Tuskegee Airman in World War II before dedicating himself to service, ultimately as dean of

WWII veteran also served UNC for many years

Turner led School of Social Work

Life :  1922-2009

Courtesy of his Daughter Marian Hopkins

UNC’s School of Social Work.

When John B. Turner drove his family to…

Eid Al-Adha 1998 Atlanta, Ga. …

POST TRAUMATIC SLAVE SYNDROME

As a result of twelve years of quantitative and qualitative research Dr. DeGruy has developed her theory of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, and published her findings in the book…

Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta Presents:…

Roseline Jean Louis RN, BSN, is the first nursing PhD student in Emory’s history to receive the Edward A. Bouchet

Graduate Honor Society. The award is named after the first African American doctoral recipient in the United States (Physics, Yale University, 1876), Dr. Edward Alexander Bouchet.

The Society acknowledges outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate. It is a network of…

Ramadan 1, 1443 AH

April 2, 2022 Saturday 

Ramadan 1443 A.H. 

Posted: 03/03/22

Donate to help the poor and needy at Zakat U.S.A.

Donations | Zakat USA (wordpress.com)

Zakat U.S.A. - Oppressed Peoples Online Word...The Voice Of The Voiceless…

Universalizing the Particular

A Muslim Manifesto for a New Paradigm of Muslim Community Leadership

by Khalil Abdur-Rashid[1]

USTADH KHALIL ABDUR-RASHID....NEW YORK MUSLIM…

Ketanji Brown…

H Rap Brown

It seemed like a fool’s errand to send Jamil Al-Amin a letter, expecting a response. But there I was, in the summer of 2019, reading his reply, sent from the U.S. Penitentiary in Tucson, Ariz.

Peace be unto those who do Good, Rembert. May The Creator Reward you for your kind thoughts and words. Though this part of our journey is defined by danger, and the goal seems distant, no roads are without…

Bilal Mahmud U.S.M.C.…

Duse Mohamad Ali…

Editor's note: In time for the 90th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Riot on May 31, 2011, here's the story of a sad

chapter of American history, pulled from The Root's archives.

In 1921, Greenwood, a successful, all-black enclave in Tulsa, was the site of the deadliest race riot in U.S. history. For the inhabitants of "the Black Wall Street," life would never be…

Confederacy 

I’ve lived 55 years in the South, and I grew up liking the Confederate flag. I haven’t flown one for many decades, but for a reason that might surprise you.

I know the South well. We lived wherever the Marine Corps stationed my father: Georgia, Virginia, the Carolinas. As a child, my favorite uncle wasn’t in the military, but he did pack a .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun in his trunk. He was a leader in the Ku Klux Klan. Despite my role…